3 ms·

"People above you in that chain will accept limited feedback on methods to attain their chosen goals and will greatly resent questions about whether their selec

"People above you in that chain will accept limited feedback on methods to attain their chosen goals and will greatly resent questions about whether their selected goals are worthwhile/realistic/rational, or whether their gestalt vision of the field's conventional wisdom is correct." Corporate management has the exact same situation.

skj 5y ago
Yeah but it's a lot easier to not care.
- xyzzyz 5y ago
  Yeah, in corporate world, at least you're paid to not care, and can change jobs easily. In academia, you're paid shit, and changing labs is not nearly as easy.